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6+1 Traits for Revision

A toolbox of skills to give teachers and students a common vision for revision. Julio scans his teacher’s comments on his short essay with increasing perplexity and frustration. He sees the words “Vague. More needed here.” Further down he spots the indecipherable comments “Awk” and “Frag” along with marks on the paper indicating spelling, grammar, [...]

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Writing For Children

Writing for children can be both rewarding and a lot of hard work. This article explores some of the rules associated, and the narrowness of the scope when writing for children. To the uninitiated, writing books for children is easy. You put a few words on the page and add some pictures. How hard can [...]

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